“Like, sometimes you learn more about yourself in adverse times than you do when everybody is telling you they love this.

“Popularity doesn’t always go with artistry,” he said. However, he doesn’t mind that it flew a bit under the radar. 1,” which was released at the end of 2016 for purchase as a download as well as on streaming platforms. Kennedy took his time with his most recent album, “Los Angeles Is Not for Sale, Vol. “I had to become a master, so I took some lumps over the last couple of years to do what I’m doing now,” he said.

He’s released multiple projects since “Yellow Album” but began a year-long hiatus in 2016 to focus on music production and rely less on samples, he said. The anniversary show was something of a return to the stage for Kennedy. “It was our real life, just captured the right way,” he added. The album, said Kennedy, “was just things that we liked.” Whether it’s a drive down Fairfax Avenue or a block party in Leimert Park, the tone is of an artist welcoming fans to his hometown. He invites us into the studio with “Don’t Call Me,” and then takes listeners on a ride on “Gold Alpinas,” a sort of not-so-touristy tour of L.A. Kennedy on the work allows listeners to spend the day with him, in turn seeing L.A. Many of the twenty-something fans at the concert spoke lovingly before the show of how the album captures the essence of Los Angeles. feels like or you’ve never been here, the ‘Yellow Album’ is what you should listen to,” said Niko G4, a longtime Kennedy supporter and OPM signee. The “Yellow Album,” Kennedy said, “put me in the conversation with all the great rappers.” Earlier this summer, Kennedy celebrated its six-year anniversary with a sold-out show at the 2,300-plus capacity Novo downtown.

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